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Constantius II...

 

S. Severus, Marcianopolis...

 

NERVA AE Dupondius
OBVERSE: IMP NERVA CAES AVG P M TR P COS III P P, radiate head right
REVERSE: LIBERTAS PVBLICA S-C, Liberty standing left, holding pileus and sceptre
Struck at Rome, 97 AD
13.2g, 27mm
RIC 87

 

ANTONIUS PIUS AE20
OBVERSE: AYTOC ANTWNEUNOC CEBACTOC, laureate, draped bust right
REVERSE: KAICAREW N T P ARGAI, Mt. Argaeus culminating in tall pyramidal top (baetyl?), ET Q in ex.
Struck at Caesaria, Cappadocia, AD 145-146
7.4g, 20mm
Syd 310 var

 

ULIA SOAEMIAS AR Denarius
OBVERSE: IVLIA SOAEMIAS AVG, draped bust right
REVERSE: VENVS CAELESTIS, Venus seated left, holding scepter, extending her hand to Cupid standing before her
Struck at Rome, 218-222 AD
2.96g, 20mm
RIC 243

 

SEVERUS II Quarter Follis
OBVERSE: SEVERVS NOB C, laureate head right
REVERSE: GGENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Genius standing left, modius on head, with chlamys over l. shoulder, patera & cornucopiae; SIS in ex.
Struck at Siscia 305-6 AD
2.3g, 20mm
RIC VI Siscia 171a

 

CONSTANTINOPOLIS COMMEMMORATIVE AE3/4
OBVERSE: CONSTANTINOPOLI, laureate, helmeted & mantled bust left holding scepter
REVERSE: Victory standing left, foot on prow with sceptre and leaning on shield, CONS Gamma in ex.
Struck at Constantinople, 330-33AD
2.2g, 15mm
RIC VII 63

 

CONSTANTIUS II AE4
OBVERSE: CONSTAN-TIVS AVG, laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right
REVERSE: GLOR-IA EXERC-ITVS, two soldiers either side of a single standard, SMANS Iin ex.
Struck at Antioch 337-41 AD
1.5g, 14.5mm
RIC VII 44

 

TGIBF!!


CARACALLA
AE33
27.03g, 33.4mm
PISIDIA, Antiochia, 198 - 217 AD
Krzyzanovska dies XXVII/–; SNG France 1173-4 var. (arrangement of rev. legend; same obv die).
O: IMP CAES M AVR ANTONINVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right.
R: COL CAES ANTIOCH, S-R across fields, Mên standing facing, head right, left foot on bucranium, leaning on low cippus, holding sceptre and Nike on a globe, rooster standing left.
Ex Malter XLIV (29 May 1990), lot 1149.

 

POSTUMUS
Antoninianus
2.38g, 19mm
Cologne mint, 268 AD
RIC V 311.
O: IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate draped bust right.
R: IOVI VICTORI, Jupiter standing right, hurling thunderbolt and holding sceptre.

 

Kingdom of Bithynia
PRUSIAS II CYNEGUS
AE24
4.54g, 24.4mm
183 - 149 BC
RecGen 26; SNG Cop 635; Sear 7266.
O: Head of Dionysos right wreathed with ivy.
R: BASILEWS PROUSIOU, centaur Chiron wearing a cloak, and playing a lyre, advancing right, monogram beneath leg.

 

Seleukid Kingdom
ANTIOCHUS VII SIDETES
138 - 129 BC
AE18. 3.6g, 18.4mm
Uncertain mint (possibly Gaza or Marisa?)
Houghton 830
O: Head of Apollo right.
R: BASILEWS ANTIOXOY, Tyche standing right with cornucopiae & sceptre, control mark HΔΛM in a vertical line in left field.

 

Black in hand

 

I don't have any black black coins but these are pretty close.


EGYPT, Alexandria. Elagabalus
year 5, CE 221/2
tetradrachm
Obv: AKAICAPMAAVPANTωNINOCEVCEB; laureat head right
Rev: head of Zeus Ammon right; L-E or L-B (E is more common and while little remains, what does remain looks more like a B))
Ref: Emmett 2961(2), R3

I'd like to have this coin in a better grade but I haven't seen one. A great example was sold by CNG's Coin Shop but it doesn't show the date of sale.



KINGDOM OF BOSPORUS, Sauromates I
CE 93/4-123/4
AE 48 units (29mm, 10.84 gm, 12h)
Obv: diademed, draped bust of Sauromates left
Rev: Nike advancing left, holding wreath, flanked by mark of value M-H, all within wreath
Ref: MacDonald 397/2

 

Constantiopolis Commemorative, Alexandria

 

good idea JA...i dig black coins.

sorry for his background.

 

I fixed it for you.

 

Hadrian sestertius:


33 mm.
HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS / COS III
BMC 1297, plate 81.7, says struck 124 or 125 to 128 AD.
RIC 636 says 125-128 AD.
Hill 335 says 127 AD.